Abstract: An order management apparatus holds storage rack information in which identification information of articles and identification information of storage racks holding the articles are registered, identifies identification information of storage racks holding articles identified by identification information of articles included in the received orders with reference to the storage rack information, creates order groups from the received orders to satisfy a condition that orders for which identification information on the same storage rack is identified belong to the same order group, so as to transport the storage racks in a minimum number of trips to the workstation, notifies the worker in the workstation of orders belonging to one of the created order groups, and sends a transport instruction to the transport vehicle to transport a storage rack holding an article in at least one order belonging to the order group the worker in the workstation is notified of.

Abstract: Convenience when a customer obtains merchandise is improved together with reduction in a delivery cost of the merchandise. There is provided a storage unit that holds storage area information on positions of plural storage areas and user information on action characteristics of plural users; a storage area extraction unit that extracts plural storage areas available for the respective users on the basis of the action characteristics of the plurality of users and the plurality of storage areas; a placement position determination unit that determines a storage area in which merchandise predicted to be purchased by each of the users is placed from the plurality of storage areas available for the respective users; and a delivery instruction creation unit that creates and transmits an instruction for delivering the merchandise predicted to be purchased by each of the users to the storage area determined by the placement position determination unit.

Abstract: A conveying vehicle that loads an article thereon and moves includes an attachment fitting portion into which an attachment having a predetermined function is fitted, a memory device that stores determination criteria as to the presence or absence of a restriction on the movement of the conveying vehicle corresponding to the attribute of the attachment, a reception unit that receives information related to the attribute of the attachment from the attachment fitted into the attachment fitting portion, a determination unit that determines whether the restriction on the movement of the conveying vehicle is required, based on the determination criteria corresponding to the attribute of the attachment identified from the information received by the reception unit, and a control unit that controls the movement of the conveying vehicle according to the restriction when it is determined that the restriction is required.

Abstract: A carrier control device estimates an amount of time to complete a picking operation at each of one or more racks which have arrived in a picking point area. The carrier control device adds up the amounts of time to perform picking operations at the racks performed after another rack has newly arrived, to thereby calculate an amount of time to wait for picking operation completion by the rack. The carrier control device compares the amount of time to wait for picking operation completion by the rack, with a previously set threshold, and determines which task the carrier having carried the rack is to perform, either putting down the rack and performing another task, or waiting for completion of an ongoing picking operation with the rack held thereon, depending on whether the time to wait until picking operation completion is larger or smaller than the threshold.

Abstract: A controller (1) includes: a transfer area setting unit (11) which, when transferring a transported object from a transfer source vehicle of respective transport vehicles to a transfer destination vehicle of the respective transport vehicles, decides a transfer area at a destination to which the transported object is transported by the transfer source vehicle; a transfer vehicle setting unit (12) which decides the transport vehicle that is the transfer destination vehicle on the basis of position information of the transfer area and the position information of the respective transport vehicles; and an instruction unit (14) which instructs the transfer source vehicle to carry out a task of transporting the transported object to the transfer area, and instructs the transfer destination vehicle to carry out a task of transporting the transported object from the transfer area.

Abstract: A transport vehicle control device of the present invention includes: a storage portion that stores map information in which a state of a cell where a rack is arranged is saved for each cell; a data transceiver that receives the latest state of a cell from a transport vehicle which transports the rack; a map manager that updates the map information, each time the data transceiver receives the latest state of the cell, using the latest state of the cell received; and a route searcher that searches for a route for the transport vehicle transporting the rack based on the map information updated. The transport vehicle control device of the present invention further includes a cell-for-rearranged-rack determiner that determines a cell into which the rack is rearranged on the basis of a usage frequency of articles to be stored on the rack.

Abstract: This picking system comprises a mobile rack that can be moved, an automated guided vehicle (AGV) that transports the mobile rack, an AGV area in which the AGV transports the mobile rack, a picking area that abuts the AGV area and in which workers perform picking, and two or more picking locations that are locations that abut the picking area in the AGV area and in which the mobile rack is placed temporarily. The picking system has a function to detect that the mobile rack from which to pick is placed at the picking location and notify the picking terminal to perform the picking from the mobile rack that picking is possible.

Abstract: When an item as an object is picked from a conveyor conveying a shelf in which items are stored, efficient picking providing fewer errors is achieved. In a picking display device according to the present invention, a controller displays information on an object conveyor in advance, and displays a position of an item to be picked in conjunction with movement of the conveyor.

Abstract: A controller (1) includes: a transfer area setting unit (11) which, when transferring a transported object from a transfer source vehicle of respective transport vehicles to a transfer destination vehicle of the respective transport vehicles, decides a transfer area at a destination to which the transported object is transported by the transfer source vehicle; a transfer vehicle setting unit (12) which decides the transport vehicle that is the transfer destination vehicle on the basis of position information of the transfer area and the position information of the respective transport vehicles; and an instruction unit (14) which instructs the transfer source vehicle to carry out a task of transporting the transported object to the transfer area, and instructs the transfer destination vehicle to carry out a task of transporting the transported object from the transfer area.

Abstract: In the case of collecting samples, it is difficult to select a representative point of a target area. Thus, the samples are collected from certain positions, resulting in generation of variations of data. The target area is specified on an image to extract features from the target area. Further, clustering is performed for the features on a feature space to obtain representative features, and the obtained representative features are extracted as sampling points.

Abstract: An optimal path search system, which optimizes a travel path of a moving object, comprising: a path information database; and a path search unit that searches for an optimal path that exhibits a minimum travel cost borne by the moving object, from among travel paths of the moving object, wherein: the path search unit is configured to: determine destination points on the path network; search for at least one nearest node to each of destination points, search for a second travel path along which the moving object travels by passing through the at least one nearest node and all of the at least one destination point, determine the second travel path for which a travel cost is minimum; and search for the travel paths followed by using each of a plurality of moving means, respectively, in a case where the moving object travels along the optimal path.

Abstract: Provided is a route generation device capable of generating an appropriate route. A route generation system of one embodiment of the present invention includes: analysis sections that analyze aerial image data to identify the land state of an area included in an aerial image; a storage section that stores traffic cost information associating a traffic-cost coefficient indicating traffic difficulty with the land state; a route searching section that calculates traffic costs of a plurality of routes from a start point to an end point by referring to the analysis results of the analysis sections and the traffic cost information and that determines a route candidate to be used from the start point to the end point based on the calculation results.

Abstract: To be precisely extracted a house footprint. There is provided a geospatial information creating system for extracting a footprint of a house from an aerial photograph, comprising a processor for executing a program, a memory for storing data required for executing the program, and a storage unit for storing the aerial photograph. The processor detects edges of an image based on a characteristic quantity of neighboring pixels in the aerial photograph stored in the storage unit; extracts an orientation of the house by analyzing directions of the detected edges; and generates a polygon of an outline of the house by using linear lines of the extracted orientation of the house.

Abstract: A computer-aided image interpretation method and a device thereof to easily obtain an accurate image interpretation result are provided. An automatic classification means of the image interpretation device performs automatic classification by one of spectral characteristics, radiometric characteristics, diffuse characteristics, textures and shapes, or combinations thereof and accumulates data to an interpretation result database, for plural features of the same kind obtained by interpreting a remote sensing image obtained with an observation sensor. A means for extracting candidate of modification of interpretation result extracts the candidate of modification of interpretation result by comparing likelihoods that are the automatic classification results. A reinterpretation is performed for the candidate of modification of interpretation, and an interpretation result database is updated by an interpretation result update means. As a result, modification of the interpretation work can be efficiently performed.

Abstract: Provided is a geographic information system using map data including configuration data provided with time information and attribute data corresponding to an attribute of an object contained in the map data, including an information import module for receiving an input of a geographic area of an object to be retrieved and a search key; a map retrieval module for extracting configuration data, for which the input geographic area of the object to be retrieved and an area represented by the configuration data at least partially overlap each other, from the map data; a correlation module for correlating the configuration data with the attribute data identical with the input search key, for which the area represented by the extracted configuration data overlaps the positional information, according to each of the time information provided to the configuration data and to the attribute data; and an output module for outputting the correlated data.

Abstract: Provided is a route generation device capable of generating an appropriate route. A route generation system of one embodiment of the present invention includes: analysis sections that analyze aerial image data to identify the land state of an area included in an aerial image; a storage section that stores traffic cost information associating a traffic-cost coefficient indicating traffic difficulty with the land state; a route searching section that calculates traffic costs of a plurality of routes from a start point to an end point by referring to the analysis results of the analysis sections and the traffic cost information and that determines a route candidate to be used from the start point to the end point based on the calculation results.

Abstract: An optimal path search system, which optimizes a travel path of a moving object, comprising: a path information database; and a path search unit that searches for an optimal path that exhibits a minimum travel cost borne by the moving object, from among travel paths of the moving object, wherein: the path search unit is configured to: determine destination points on the path network; search for at least one nearest node to each of destination points, search for a second travel path along which the moving object travels by passing through the at least one nearest node and all of the at least one destination point, determine the second travel path for which a travel cost is minimum; and search for the travel paths followed by using each of a plurality of moving means, respectively, in a case where the moving object travels along the optimal path.

Abstract: In the case of collecting samples, it is difficult to select a representative point of a target area. Thus, the samples are collected from certain positions, resulting in generation of variations of data. The target area is specified on an image to extract features from the target area. Further, clustering is performed for the features on a feature space to obtain representative features, and the obtained representative features are extracted as sampling points.

Abstract: To be precisely extracted a house footprint. There is provided a geospatial information creating system for extracting a footprint of a house from an aerial photograph, comprising a processor for executing a program, a memory for storing data required for executing the program, and a storage unit for storing the aerial photograph. The processor detects edges of an image based on a characteristic quantity of neighboring pixels in the aerial photograph stored in the storage unit; extracts an orientation of the house by analyzing directions of the detected edges; and generates a polygon of an outline of the house by using linear lines of the extracted orientation of the house.

Abstract: A computer-aided image interpretation method and a device thereof to easily obtain an accurate image interpretation result are provided. An automatic classification means of the image interpretation device performs automatic classification by one of spectral characteristics, radiometric characteristics, diffuse characteristics, textures and shapes, or combinations thereof and accumulates data to an interpretation result database, for plural features of the same kind obtained by interpreting a remote sensing image obtained with an observation sensor. A means for extracting candidate of modification of interpretation result extracts the candidate of modification of interpretation result by comparing likelihoods that are the automatic classification results. A reinterpretation is performed for the candidate of modification of interpretation, and an interpretation result database is updated by an interpretation result update means. As a result, modification of the interpretation work can be efficiently performed.